Basic Drawing

This course will teach you how to observe and draw objects from life in a realistic style, a fundamental skill for working in any media including painting, printmaking, and sculpture. Using pencil and charcoal and working from still life and models, you will learn several types of line and tonal drawing as well as key concepts such as negative shape, relative measuring, and perspective. Each class features a directed drawing exercise to teach a specific skill and these skills build on one another. Attending the first class is essential because it introduces the initial skill that is the foundation for the rest of the semester.

What you will learn in this class:

Make accurate contour line drawing of real objects

Create volumetric drawing using light and dark

Create three-dimensional space in drawings

Handle complicated subjects and correctly place groups of objects

Begin to develop an understanding of picture composition

Required supplies:

Soft vine charcoal*

Kneaded rubber eraser*

White drafting eraser*

Charcoal drawing pad 18″x24”*

18” x 24” Strathmore SKETCH Pad or similar white pad*

Graphite drawing pencils: HB, 2B, 4B*

9″ x 12” pad of toned paper (one size bigger is fine too)

Paper towels

Red conte*

White conte*

Nupastel prismacolor set

One small palette knife

Small blending brush*

Items marked with an asterisk are available for purchase in Fleisher’s school store. Members receive a 10 percent discount on art supply purchases.

Midway through the term students will need:

Week 7: yardstick (flexible metal)

Weeks 9 & 10: mirror 12 x 12 inches

About the Instructor

Santiago Galeas is an emerging artist working in the Philadelphia area. Born and raised in Silver Spring, Maryland, Galeas moved to Philadelphia to seek an education at the Pennsylvania Academy... Read More